Asexual Reproduction Objectives:
Define these key terms:
asexual reproduction binary fission budding sporulation regeneration
vegetative propagation mitosis bulb tuber runner rhizome cutting
stock scion
grafting
 Explain three differences between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction.
 Correctly define the following methods of asexual reproduction: binary fission, budding,
sporulation, regeneration, and vegetative propagation.
 Describe the process of binary fission.
 List three examples that reproduce by binary fission.
 Describe the difference between budding and binary fission.
 Give two examples of organisms that reproduce by regeneration.
 Explain how the ability to regenerate differs for complex organisms than for simple organisms.
 Analyze & identify diagrams for binary fission, budding, sporulation, regeneration, &
vegetative propagation.
 Recognize that asexual reproduction is a form of mitosis.
 Identify four types of natural vegetative reproduction.
 List two examples of organisms that reproduce using bulbs.
 List an example of an organism that reproduces using tubers.
 Describe how a runner differs from a rhizome.
 Identify 2 types of artificial vegetative reproduction with an example for each.
 Describe the process of cutting.
 Describe the process of grafting.
 Explain the difference between the stock and the scion.
 Identify three advantages for using artificial vegetative propagation.